Excess Pounds, but Not Too Many, May Lead to Longer Life (via @workforfood)

Being overweight won’t kill you — it may even help you live longer. That’s the latest from a study that analyzed data on 11,326 Canadian adults, ages 25 and older, who were followed over a 12-year period.

The report, published online last week in the journal Obesity, found that overall, people who were overweight but not obese — defined as a body mass index of 25 to 29.9 — were actually less likely to die than people of normal weight, defined as a B.M.I. of 18.5 to 24.9.

By contrast, people who were underweight, with a B.M.I. under 18.5, were more likely to die than those of average weight. Their risk of dying was 73 percent higher than that of normal weight people, while the risk of dying for those who were overweight was 17 percent lower than for people of normal weight.

RED camera + Flaming Lips + Madonna = AWESOME. Borderline

"Wayne and I knocked this one out fast. 1 day of prepping the animations in After Effects, 1 day of shooting and a 1 day edit/finish. This is my first video to ship using the Red. This camera is going to change me!

Just in case you don't know, the song is the Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs doing a version of Madonna's Borderline for WB's Covered compilation."